Affirming Services for Neurodivergent Children & Teens
Embracing Autism Collaborative Services
Embracing Autism Collaborative Services (EACS) is a neurodiversity-affirming practice rooted in the belief that children develop best through authentic relationships, emotional safety, and joyful connection.
We specialize in DIR®/Floortime-based services for autistic and neurodivergent children and their families. Our work focuses on supporting the whole child—emotional, social, sensory, and developmental—while honoring each child’s unique way of experiencing and engaging with the world.
Rather than focusing on compliance or surface-level skill acquisition, we meet children where they are and build learning from their interests, strengths, and intrinsic motivation. Our goal is not to change who a child is, but to support them in understanding themselves, connecting with others, and navigating their world with confidence and agency.
EACS social groups are designed around one core belief:
meaningful social learning grows out of genuine connection, not rote instruction.
Rather than teaching scripted “social skills,” we thoughtfully curate groups where children are motivated to engage, collaborate, and build real relationships—with all the joy, challenge, and growth that comes along with friendship.
Speech, language, and communication are developmental areas commonly impacting Autism and other forms of neurodivergence. Supporting this aspect of development in an affirming manner is essential to EACS.
We offer assessments, individual sessions, and social groups by our highly skilled speech-language pathologist, Charlotte Hellmuth. Charlotte has experience with Gestalt Language Processing, Augmentative and Alternative Communication and is Floortime trained.
Charlotte works with children ages 18 months-12 years. Her sessions are child-led, strengths-based and provide unrestricted access to sensory supports.
The therapeutic relationship is essential for positive outcomes, particularly so when working with children, adolescents and adults expriencing neurodivergence, anxiety and trauma. EACS’ mental health professional, Aaron Braun, uses affirming practices to support families around autism, sensory processing disorder, ADHD, behavioral vulnerabilites and much more.
Aaron utilizes DIR Floortime in sessions as well traditional psychotherapy approaches. He believes in supporting the whole family in order to help the child thrive.